Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24
WHAT THE FOOT SHOWS.
a Shee Dealer who Reads People nv
their Feet.

their Feet.
srvpx1Ne HUMAN NArrnE ON TEE GROUND PLAN
now 10 snRcr a WIPE BY THR sHAPR OF HER
hof-wHAf CHARACTER EACH STYLE INDICATES
GAAil pRKr GROWING SCARCE.
-Feet; that Is what ten by. their feet. There
are some feet I wouldn't trust for anything.
oshefs Ia leave In charge Of the store" A shoe
dealer was putting away his boxes nom the day's
trade, and as be put the covers on and laid them
away on the shelf he talked about his trade with
star reporter. He began by telling how he Judged
OF the character OF his customers as TO their credit
and finally dropped into the philosophy o; feet.
III want to Judge man look at his feet.
when walk along the street looking down I'm
not thinking how long It win be before they Will
want new pair Of shoes Not at all. am study
Lng human nature rom the ground plan Some
Iotxs study phyziognomy and 30 learn much OF
,hs1- read feet Men can put expressions on
as many kinds Of feet as faces. know them all,
nom the pug-nosed foot, that Is eternally stub
fo9s tnss sroSes isssf psoudy rom the Sround
mere are lots OF feet abroad these holiday
umA Christmas brings out the good-natured
sari larye. but it Ia generally hard on shoes 1t Is
indifferent itself and Is apt 10 get some pretty
amns one 20 tread On them, but the generous foot
ooes not mind that
woxrxs FEET
snOw their character best-and here I'll let you
into secres; that's the only way TO read q woman,
oy her feesl They come In line and sit down all In
a row 70 try on shoes That's the reason I was
never married. never found q foot that showed
tns Tight traits OF character. Never, but"
Here he Checked himself. and sitting down on
one OF the chairs began thoughtfaily to rub his
hand over the soft id OF q dainty slipper. II al
Ways 1 nf n preud foot he added with sigh
tions Of some proud loot" and happy thought
struck him.
eye and want 20 make q selection, Just send them
In here 70 buy shoes. II you could get them all
IN M once it would BE- better. With them all In a
row could make cOmparisons. No? Well, II that
Don't strike you favorably, OF course, you have 10
take your own chances
But" he added. "Ill give you few points.
woman with q long narrow foot without
much instep and with no fexibility. viii make you
pas dvil-ssryice examination every day OF your
Life, and you will nnd that she knows more Of
philosophy and spelling than could be found in q
full term or any ordinary female seminary. Her
hose will be cold
THE VAIN FOOT.
"a small foot, whatever its general shape,
possesses q soul OF vanity. IL VIII always squeeze
itself into shoe smaller than IL Is She Is irt!
A small thin foot with arched instep has a high
temper. She Il a tyrant and will have her own
way. she viii be warm and impulsive at times
but always proud, and often cruel and defiant
sns won't be given much to charity, though she
appoint her or smoke in the psrlor. she would
tolerate your taking Champagne. You might
gaT0le little but you must not annoy her dog
Shs won't permit slang. she will never offer 70
cue your hair or attempt 70 press pimpes on your
nose. She win wear $40 shoes and stimp her foot
al the butchers boy for whistling the basement
dOUr she won't take any interest in economy
domestic or political
"a eooD-SArrRED FOOT SPREADS
al over the shoe and sometimes runs it down at
the heel IL Is fat foot, soft foot, and foot
that never has any corna The girl who stands n
IL spends two-thirds OF her life laughing and the
ret OF the time wondering why the world Is so
sober. She won't have very much taste about
dr:ss. put she won't cry for spring bonnet She
VIII stand more disappointments than a profess
senal weather prophet, and loan her new Sunday
shawl 10 the cook 70 attend a christening. She
Of children You viii always ffnd her asleep w 1
you come in late. She SHORES unsteady She
never looks In your pockets. but gives away all
"a GSARIKD AND KSorrY FOOT,
heavy and all out Of shape with corns, bunions
and the like excrescenses, is the most difficult in
the world 10 get along with. II is misery and
msan spirited IL takes up more room In the
world than Its ample size warrants. and is always
IL natured IL loves TO gossip about It's neighbors
and while II IL careful or its corns IL has no
CONSIDERATION for those attached 70 other people
u Knows OF more defects In its neignborS than it
Feels AT liberty 20 tell and could point out several
pairs OF shoes n II were several sizes smaller than
tae feet In them. IL thinks that fine shoes are a
vanity and scorns 10 be comfortable. rms lady
has an acid smile when she is young and grows
Old early Don't marry her unless you want 10
co.d aud she Is liable 70 pains and Influenza"
AT this point the stockholders eye fell on THE
STAR reporters most prominent bunion and ne
hastened 70 say that AL this applied especially
females.
THE MASCULINE FOOT
Then he fell 20 brushing the dust on a pair of
broad-toed number SKIES .There are more than
formerly Of these, he said, he set them along
side OF the dainty little slippers, and stood on to
get the effect
They talk politics. take long strides. and whistle
10 stop car. That's the way with the wompn who
wear this sort OF shoe. She may teach school, she
may study law, or she may be a medical STUDENT
she likes 20 talk she Is sorry she was not born a
10y that she might have grown into man, and
she looks mad when she sees a side saddle. She
wants an ena bling act giving her a permit TO
shave Her husband attends woman's rights
meetings and sits IN a corner
"A shoe that turns up at the toe and rocks and
shurnes shows weak, vacillatiny, uncertain dis
POSITION man who walks on his heels Is grind
lLg Ills fellOwcitizenS under the leather. A firm
fo0t or moderate size with no extraordinary deyel
opment IN any OF It's parts Is the best TO rely on
small rect are not as common In Washington as
tLey Used 20 Dc. think girls feet are getting TO
grow larger now days and they don't seem 10 be
asnamed OF them Misses generally have bigger
feet than their mothers. From an 10 5K are quite
"A ordinary mi sfza.